1972Nominee
Best Performance
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Ruy Guerra
Actor · Director · Producer · Writer
Maputo, Moçambique
August 22, 1931
Biography
Ruy Alexandre Guerra Coelho Pereira (born August 22, 1931) is a Portuguese-Brazilian film director, screenwriter, film editor, and actor. Guerra was born a Portuguese citizen in Lourenço Marques (today Maputo) in Mozambique, when it was still Portuguese colony. Guerra studied at IDHEC film school in Paris from 1952. In 1958 he started his career as an assistant director in several French films. Later on he immigrated to Brazil, where he directed his first feature film, Os Cafajestes (1962).
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1983Nominee
Best Director
Erendira
2018Winner
Best Performance
Oblivious Memory
Career Highlights
1970Highlight
Best Director
Sweet Hunters
1989Highlight
Best Director
Kuarup
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God